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NHS and social care finances and planning requirements.
The NHS in England: the operating framework for 2008/9
Published: 13 December 2007
The 2008-09 Operating Framework sets out the health and service priorities for the year ahead, the associated reform levers and enabling strategies, financial regime and business processes, as well as the allocations to primary care trusts for 2008-09. As Annexes D and E of the Operating Framework, we have published a clear statement of the principles and rules governing co-operation and competition for NHS funded services, and the documentation for the new standard NHS contract for acute services. The Operating Framework is underpinned by guidance setting out the practical changes to the system next year - focusing on allocations, tariff and the new duty of joint strategic needs assessment.
Rebuilding the NHS: A new generation of healthcare facilities
Published: 5 June 2007
This Government is undertaking the largest hospital building programme in the history of the NHS. Capital expenditure has increased from around £1.1 billion in 1997-98 to around £5.5 billion in 2007-08. The result of all this investment is improving the patient environment and experience of healthcare, modernising services, improving access for patients and offering better choice.
NHS Financial Manual
Detailed guidance on all finance matters for NHS organisations.
Finance staff development
About the Department's Finance Staff Development Strategy and the Finance Staff Development Network website.
Hospital Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS)
Scheme offering financial help with the cost of travel to and from hospitals and other NHS centres.
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Developing the NHS Performance Regime
This document (published 4 June 2008) is designed to afford greater transparency and consistency across the NHS in relation to: identifying underperformance; interventions to address turnaround; and managing failure.
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